Gonzaga Wins Despite Scare

The Zags on Tuesday night had a nice

lead in double figures including leading

by eleven at halftime. San Diego made

a move in the second half of the second

period almost coming up with an upset.

Graham Ike the Zags number one scorer 

and rebounder got into foul trouble. It

was Gonzags that made the difference 

in the win.

Final Gonzaga 99 San Diego  93

The Zags and San Diego each had five 

player in in double digits scoring.  Senior

Jaylen Warley came off the bench to score

22 points and 14 rebounds. He made 9 of 14 shots from the field without a 3 pointer.

They will play Seattle Redhawks on Fridaypdet this could be it. What a

so we see how this one goes. If the Zags

get upset this could be it. 

Seattle U Beats WSU Cougars

Tuesday night Seattle U at home best

the Cougars at home 69-55. It has been

a tough season for Cougars so far. 

Seattle now has beaten the Cougars 

and the Huskies. They do have another

chance later in conference play. 

Both teams had two players score

in double figures. The reason the

Cougars lost was they didn't shoot

well from the field including 3 point

shots. The Cougars out rebounded 

the Redhawks 50 to 23. Also gave

up more foul shots then they took.

The Cougars will need to improve 

to have a better season than it looks

right now. The Redhawks have the 

opportunity to beat all three other

teams in Washington as they take

on Gonzaga this Friday in their

first matchup . 

The Cougars will play LMU at home

this coming Friday. Both the Redhawks 

and the Cougars are 1-1 in the WCC. 

Preview Seahawks At 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers have dominated 

the series the last three years against

the Seahawks. Even so the 49ers are

only a 1.5 favorite going in Saturday 

night's final game of the regular season.

This means that the winner most likely 

win by a field goal or less. The Seahawks 

winning six straight it is hard to know

whether an advantage or not. It is hard

for a team to win seven straight. Could 

say losing this one might be better than

waiting to lose in the playoffs. There

is a good possibility the Seahawks 

and 49ers could face each other in

the playoffs again making it three 

times. The same goes for the LA

Rams since they are in the playoffs 

too. 

One thing we do know is that Sam

Darnold wants the monkey off his

back on how he did  in the playoffs 

last year and starting with the 49ers

would be a good start. The Seahawks 

need the offense to do better in the

first half and not totally rely on the 

defense. Turnovers likely will make

a difference in this game too..

The running game was excellent 

against Carolina Panthers however

it mostly was in the second half.

Besides continuing to get the ball

to Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the passing 

game I like to see Ken Walker lll 

and Zach Charbonnet get some passes 

to them as well. It could open up for

the other receivers too. 

The defense will have to stop the 49ers

running game of McCaffrey and slow

down the passing game too.

Go Hawks!

Will the Mariners Make Moves Before Thursday

There is two more days until the

New year so will make any substantial 

moves before or wait until January.

Getting Brendan Donovan from the

St. Louis Cardinals has been talked

about. My opinion giving up one

of the starters up shouldn't happen.

He is a solid player however he didn't 

have a solid season in 2025. If he

bounced back and had a year around

2024 maybe. 

If Donovan is considered to be a

starter at second base should the

Mariners include sending Cole Young 

to the Cardinals or wait for him to

develop further. Katel Marte may cost 

Mariners even more however the

question is how he will be in the 

club house.

Cal Raleigh has a lot influence with

the front office especially the year

he just had. Jorge Polanco signing 

with the New York Mets it is important 

to pick up another midinfielder.

Colt Emerson maybe on the team

in 2026 however the Mariners really 

 need a good bench player at least.

They have Rivas and Bliss however

they need at least another guy. 

Outside of the top seven prospects 

the Mariners have a good nucleus

if prospects they could trade. How 

many other teams would be interested 

in is the question. I wouldn't mind

them trading at least three or four 

prospects outside the top seven. 

The rest of the guys are more for 

depth and see how they continue 

develop. 

The Mariners had several relievers

at double A Arkansas last year

however how close are they to

the majors. The Mariners may 

have one spot left in the bullpen.

They have a lot of candidates 

on their 40 man roster too. Could

see them signing another reliever

to a minor league contract or a 

major league contract may cost 

releasing someone. 

I expect Emerson Hancock to be

in the bullpen unless he is one

involved in a trade. He could be 

the long reliever and start if 

necessary. Logan Evans would be 

another candidate. The Mariners 

tried him in the bullpen for a few

times in the minors in 2024 however

he didn't stick. He could be the 5th

starter if the Mariners did trade 

one of the starters.

It will be interesting to see what

happens since the Mariners aren't 

done. 

At this point they are hoping that

Victor Robles and Luke Raley 

bounce back. Raley or Canzone 

could be a partial piece in a trade

too. 

Huskies Beat Utah At Home

Monday night the Washington Huskies 

best the Utah Utes at home 75-65.

The game was tight in the first half. 

Both teams had five point leads with

runs by each. The Utes led by a point

at half time.

The Huskies controlled the second

half although no lead was in double 

figures. Down the stretch rebounds

and defense were the keys. The Huskies 

shooting from the foul line was another 

key as they missed only two and made 

nine more than the Utes.

All five starters played over 30 minutes 

of the game. The Huskies had three

starters who scored at least 20 points

which it has been a long time since

that last happened. Zoom Diallo led 

with 24 points followed by Desmond 

Claude  with 23. Forward Hannes 

Steinbach had 20 points and led with

11 rebounds. Center Franck Kepnang 

played great defense and had 10 

rebounds. That doesn't happen

often when two Huskies have double

digits in rebounds.

This was the last game the Huskies 

played in non-league games. 

The Huskies begin the Big Ten schedule 

on Sunday taking on the Hoosiers in

Indiana followed by Purdue a week 

from Wednesday. This will be a tough

Big Ten schedule so it will be necessary 

the Huskies win most of their home

games as they did where they were

undefeated during the non-league 

schedule. 

The Huskies are at 9-4. Every team

in the Big Ten had a winning record

during the non-league schedule so

every game will be a battle. The 

Huskies have 1-1 record in Big Ten 

right now as they have 18 games

remaining. To make the NCAA 

tournament the Huskies will need

to win at least half of those games 

which isn't an easy task. 

Indiana is 10-3 and is undefeated

at home while Purdue is 12-1 and

the one loss is at home. The Huskies 

first three games at home in Big 

Ten will be against Ohio State, Michigan 

and Michigan State. The second

road trip won't be easy either.  

Go Dawgs!

Gonzaga Men Beat Pepperdine Sunday Evening

The Zags beat the Pepperdine Waves

which isn't a big surprise since it is 

now the 50th time in a row. This will 

be the last season for the Zags in the

West Coast Conference as they join

the new Pac-12 to form nine teams

in men's basketball. They will join

Washington State and Oregon State

along with six other teams mostly 

from the Mountain West. It may take 

for it to become a power conference 

however with the transfer portal could

come faster than it would be otherwise.

The Zags won 96-56.  They got off to

a 9-0  run then from the halfway mark 

of the first they went on a other run

18-0 and went on from there. They were 

able to rest their starters. They had

five players who scored in double digits.

Tyrone Grant- Foster who came off the

bench with 18 points in 21 minutes. 

Braden Smith and freshman Davis Fogle

from Antacordes Washington had 15 

points just over the same amount of

minutes. Smith started and Fogle who

hasn't played a lot came off the bench.

Graham Ike had 13 points and ten rebounds

and Braden Huff had just ten points. 

The Zags shot over 50 percent in the game

while scoring 50 points inside. Also shot

one of their best nights outside the 3 point 

line making 10 of 22. 

The Zags will play Tuesday at San Diego 

before facing Seattle University who has

joined the conference at home. San Diego 

beat Pacific today 66-54.  Seattle University 

who had a good non-league schedule 

including beating the Washington Huskies 

recently lost to the San Francisco Dons

today 67-59. They play the Cougars on

Tuesday. 

This should be a good conference 

this year. 

WSU Cougars Opened West Coast Conference

The Washington State Cougars beat 

the Portland Pilots in their season opener 

Sunday afternoon  67-62.

The Cougars had a good lead heading

into the last two minutes of the game 

being up 61-49 when the Pilots went

on a good run  scoring seven straight 

points.  The Pilots ended up at 65-62 

after making a three point shot with

nine seconds remaining to make it 

interesting. The closest since the 

beginning of the game. The Cougars

made a two point field goal with five

seconds to seal the game. 

Neither team shot well from the field 

though the Cougars did a little better

and the Pilots took more shots. The

difference was the Cougars made 

five more free throws though neither 

shot well there either. Both teams will

have to do better to have a successful 

WCC record. 

The Cougars  went with a seven man 

rotation most of the way. Jerone Morton

who made the last shot for the Cougars

played 11 minutes and the only two

points of the game.

The Cougars had only three players in

double digit scoring. Rihards Vavers 

had 13 points while Ace Glass and 

Tomas Valur Prastarson each had 11.

The Cougars play Seattle University 

at Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday 

night. Go Cougs. 

Currently Gonzaga is playing Pepperdine 

at the moment. 

Seahawks Win Number 13

The Seattle Seahawks didn't have a great 

first half offensively with score tied 

3-3 at halftime. The defense kept 

them in the game. Both teams dealt 

with turnovers.

The Seahawks had two touchdowns in

the third quarter and shutout the Panthers.

One was a touchdown run by Zach Charbonnet who had a big day with 110 

yards on  18 carries. He had a second 

touchdown to seal the game in the 4th

quarter. Those two touchdowns were 

a total of three yards so see how he

did on the other 16 carries. Ken Walker lll 

had a decent game but it was Zach

who came through.

The passing game was primarily Sam

Darnold to Jaxon Smith-Njigba nine

times for 72 yards though no touchdowns.

Darnold didn't have a great game throwing 

though he got the second touchdown 

in the  third quarter to tight end AJ Barner.

The catches by Jaxon were key too.

Final Seahawks 27 Panthers 10

The 49ers will be at home on Sunday 

night football this week before facing

the Seahawks also at home.  We hope

for a Bears win. Having this running game hopefully it will  be helpful in the passing game next week.

The Rams play Atlanta on Monday night

football so we see what happens.

Go Hawks!

Preview: Seattle Seahawks at Carolina

The Seahawks are a 7.5 favorite to

beat the Carolina Panthers this Sunday.

The Seahawks can control their

destiny on the season by winning

the final two games. They have

made the playoffs already but not

the division. The Seahawks beat the 

Panthers while the 49ers who the 

Seahawks play next week in the final

game lose to the Chicago Bears than

it doesn't matter how they do against

the 49ers in that match up.

The Los Angeles Rams play the Atlanta 

Falcons on the road so we need to root 

for them. The final game is at home

against the Arizona Cardinals. The Rams 

should win that game. It will be interesting 

if the Seahawks and Rams are tied. 

The Panthers are 8-7 and on top of the

NFC South. They are one game ahead 

of Tampa Bay who they play at in the final

game. The winner of the division will

be the only one in the playoffs. 

The Panthers are 27th in the NFL in

scoring at 19 points a game. Quarterback

Bryce Young has thrown for 2691 yards,

21 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.

Ricco Dowdle is the starting running 

back with 1007 yards and averaging 4.6

yards a carry. Tetairoa McMillan the

Panthers top pick this year leads them

in receiving with 65 catches for 924

yards and seven touchdowns.

The Panthers defense is in the middle 

of the NFL after being last place a year 

ago. Go Hawks!

 

Six Pro Bowlers Named For Seahawks

On .Monday six pro bowlers were named 

for the Seahawks. The most for some 

time. It was led by quarterback Sam Darnold 

who was one of three quarterbacks on the

NFC. It is a great honor however I haven't 

watched the game in some time. Now they

play flag football which is a real joke if

it wasn't before.  We actually hope none 

of the Seahawks play in the game and be

in the Super Bowl instead.  It is still a

great honor to be named though. 

Also on the team are Jaxon Smith-Njigba who

is having the best season of any wide receiver, defensive tackle Leonard Williams,

defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, cornerback Devon Witherspoon and Rahid Shaheed as punt returner. You could say 

Byron Murphy could have been named too.

Go Hawks!

Seattle Mariners Sign Free Agent

On Monday the Seattle Mariners signed

first baseman -outfielder Rob Refsynder 

recently played for the Boston Red Sox 

as a free agent.

Refsynder has been known for his best

against lefties. He was signed to a one

year contract. The Mariners haven't had

a lot of success the last couple years 

bringing in bench players. Last year

the Mariners signed Donovan Solano

before the season however he wasn't 

much of a success though did improve 

somewhat over time on the team before

being released. We hope Refsynder 

will be better. 

Most likely he will dh against lefties 

with Luke Raley or Dominic Canzone 

against righties. Most likely both

won't be on the opening day roster 

in 2026. 

The Mariners have less than two months

until spring training starts. The first

game will be on February 20. The players 

beginning with pitchers and catchers

will likely report at least ten days before

that. 

The Mariners will likely sign or trade

for a mid infielder. Right now Cole 

Young and Ben Williamson would be

the starting second and third baseman.

Picking up someone to play to give

them a day off or  from the opposite 

side of the plate. Right now Ryan Bliss

would be the candidate to play some

second while Miles Mastrobuino be

the guy at third. Bliss could play some

shortstop too.   

Brendan Donovan has been one of the

biggest names out there for the Mariners 

trade for with the Cardinals. He is a left

handed hitter so would be play more third

and on occasion play second. Who would

the Mariners trade for him.  Unless it

happens in the next few days we may have

to wait until January. 

Washington Huskies Roll Over UCSD

The Huskies went on a 20 point run

about five minutes into the game 

and never looked back. They extended 

and won 86-56.

Hannes Steinbach led the Huskies once

again with 21 points and 14 rebounds. 

He made eight of ten from the foul line

as well as six of 13 from the field.

He isn't only one of the top freshmen 

in the country but playing the best ball

on the Huskies.

Zoom Diallo had 17points while Desmond Claude had 13 for the Huskies. 

The Huskies play former Pac-12 opponent 

Utah next Monday before starting Big Ten 

action. The conference is very tough so

the Huskies will have to play good ball

the rest of the way. Go Dawgs!

WSU Wins Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

The Cougars dominated the bowl game 

Monday afternoon winning 34-20. 

The score not as close as it looks.

A great game for a team that their

head coach Jimmy Rogers left for

Iowa State after the season and 

didn't have a full squad with 15

players going into the transfer portal.

Zevi Eckhaus who became the starter 

in game three played his last college 

game. Zevi threw a touchdown pass

in the first and second quarter while

the defense shutdown Utah State 14-0.

The Cougars kicked two field goals

in the third quarter before Utah scored

their first of three touchdowns. 

Eckhaus threw his third touchdown 

early on in the 4th quarter making 

it 27-7. At 10:09 left Utah State scored

their second touchdown. Four minutes 

later the Cougars had a 34 yard run making

it hard on Utah State. They basically 

clinched the game at that time. Utah 

State had another touchdown at 1:48

remaining making it still hard having 

to score two more touchdowns to win.

The Cougars had over 600 total yards.

Eckhaus had three interceptions however 

didn't any difference. Running back

Maxwell Woods had to take over the

starting role carry the ball nine times

for 117 yards which was more than he

had during the season. He didn't have

the running touchdown the Cougars had.

The Cougars ran 255 yards total while

Utah had only 60 yards on the day.

It will be interesting to see how the

Cougars rebuild going into the new

Pac-12 next season. The Cougars 

start the season playing the Apple 

Cup at Huskies Stadium on September 

5. Let you know the who schedule 

when we find out. Go Cougs!

Gonzaga Beats Oregon In Men's Basketball

Gonzaga has played well since losing

to Michigan who could be the best

Steam in the country. They certainly 

looked like.

The Zags played a good game against 

Oregon who has struggled this season.

The Ducks were actually played well 

it just the Zags have more power and

and depth in their lineup.

The Zags have Graham Ike and Braden 

Huff who play well most of the time.

They have good guards including those 

of the bench. Braden Smith led the Zags

off the bench with 21 points while Huff

had 20 and Ike had 17 along with 11

rebounds 

Final Gonzaga 91 Oregon 82

The Ducks had the lead much of the

first half though it was a tie at half

time. The Zags controlled much of

the second half. The main reason 

the Zags won is they made ten more

points from the foul line. 

Gonzaga will start the West Coast Conference play on December 28 at Pepperdine soThey will have a break this week. Pepperdine 

had a 5-8 record in non-league games as

did WSU Cougars did.  The Zags should

start out well at least against them. 

Go Zags!

 

WSU Wins Saturday

The Washington State Cougars had

their last game of non-league games 

and now will look to play last season 

in the West Coast Conference after 

two seasons. 

They beat Mercer at home 84-78. 

The Cougars were able to get the

lead up to 11 points to hold Mercer 

off. Mercer took and scored more

field goals  however the Cougars 

did make more threes and foul shots.

Ace Glass the Cougars outstanding 

freshman led the team with 24 points.

Ace made 8 of 14 shots from the

field while making five of seven from

the field. For the Cougars to have a

good conference record against some

hard teams like Gonzaga and St. Mary's 

he will have to score in the 20s or close 

to it.

Eemeli Yalaho  led the Cougars with ten

rebounds and second with 14 points. 

The Cougars are on holiday break until

December 28 when they play Portland.

Go Cougs!

 

Washington Huskies Men's Lose To Rival

The Washington Huskies and Seattle University played Friday night. The final

was Seattle U 70  Washington 66

This was a close game most of the

way. Seattle led somewhat comfortable 

the last half of the second half. This

was the second year in a row beating

the Huskies after losing 19 in a row.

Seattle U. is now 10-2 upsetting Stanford 

as well during this non-league schedule.

They are now in the West Coast Conference.

They play Washington State on December 

30 followed by Gonzaga on January 2 then

St. Mary's so these three games will tell

us how good they are. 

The Huskies had three players scoring

in double figures led by Desmond Claude 

with 24 points followed by Zoom Diallo with 17 and Hannes Steinbach with 15. The

Huskies played nine players and had only

two points from the bench. A good reason 

they lost. Steinbach led with 12 rebounds.

Seattle U had three players score in 

double figures as well they were led 

by center Austin Maurer with 19 points 

and had 13 points from the bench.

Both teams shot below 40 percent

and especially bad behind the 3pt.

line. Most of shots were made in

side. That was the difference as

Seattle made four more points

inside than the Huskies.

The Huskies next game will be at

home against San Diego. The Big 

Ten Conference will be tough to

go through. Every team has a

winning record except Rutgers

who are 5-6. Nebraska and Michigan 

are really tough and undefeated. 

Go Dawgs!

Seahawks Win In Overtime

Most everyone knew this would be a

close game however early in the 4th

quarter  the Rams were up 30-14. 

Shaheed returned a punt for a touchdown 

then after defensive stops AJ Barner 

caught a touchdown. The Rams kicker 

missed a field goal. The game was tied 

and the game went into overtime. The

Seahawks won the toss and refer to the

Rams. The Rams took the lead by scoring 

a touchdown.  Sam Darnold made some

key throws and three a touchdown pass

to Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Instead of tying 

the game and let the game back to the

Rams they decided to go for a two point

conversation which they made. 

Final Seahawks 38 Rams 37

The Seahawks are in first place and 

clinched a playoff spot. No they control 

it the rest of the way to win the division.

The Seahawks next game will be

on Sunday December 28 against 

the Carolina Panthers on their field.

Go Hawks!

Gonzaga and WSU Both Win

The Zags went on a 12 point run early 

after a 4-4 for and never looked back.

Final Gonzaga 98     Campbell 70

Braden Huff had a career high 37 points 

and in the first half 12 for 12 from the

field a Gonzaga record too. Graham

Ike had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Gonzaga takes on Oregon this coming

Sunday. The Ducks are 6-5 however 

started the season winning their first

four games. See how they can handle

the Zags. They don't play the Washington 

Huskies until January 25. Go Zags 

The Washington State Cougars are now

4-8 after beating Eastern Washington 

78-63.  This after losing five games in

a row.  EWU though is now 2-9.

The Cougars had three players in double

figures led by Emmanuel Ugbo with 20

points and freshman Ace Glass with 14.

Both came off the bench. 

The Cougars dominated the boards with

38 rebounds to EWU 19. An area the Cougars

need to continue improving is allowing the

opponent taking more foul shots.

The Cougars game on Mercer on Saturday 

at home. Mercer is 7-3. The Cougars are 

favored however by how much isn't indicated.

Go Cougs.

Washington Huskies and WSU Cougars in Transfer Portal

The transfer portal doesn't really start

until early January this off-season in

college football. There have been 

players who have announced they are

jumping ship.

At this time the two schools are under

different circumstances right now.

The Huskies are having players who

are not getting playing they expected

when they came to Washington. The

Cougars have players who are leaving

since coach Jimmy Rogers is now

coaching at Iowa State so some of

those will likely land there.  They could

still have more going to unless they

like what they see from the new head 

coach.

The Huskies on the other hand will look to

bring in transfers to fill the spots of those

who leave or graduated where the new

class of 2026 don't have the experience.

This comes down to whether Coach Fesch

actually stays or takes the Michigan job

that he has turned down. It will be interesting 

what happens if he does. The Huskies would

be in the same boat as the Cougars 

The Cougars will likely bring in guys who

want a change possibly coming from a

lower class program though some who

have played major college football might

want another scene.  Many of the players

the Cougars received last year in the

transfer portal it is hard to know how many

would be able to make another jump to

Iowa State we will see. 

News came in that wide receiver Raiden

Vines-Bright is going to enter the portal.

He had 24 catches on the season and

one touchdown. Coming from Florida 

the sophomore to might be looking to

go closer to home. Right now the Huskies

have nine players in the transfer portal.

Another who had some extensive playing

time leaving is offensive lineman Zachary 

Henning who started some games at

center as well as guard. They even used

him at tight end. 

The Cougars right now have 13 players 

in the transfer. Included are two quarterbacks.

This means three quarterbacks  not be

including starter Zevi Eckhaus who is

graduating. It certainly means the Cougars

will look in the transfer portal for another

QB.  They also have four wide receivers 

as well. 

The trouble with college football is teams

recruiting players from other schools. I 

don't have a problem them recruiting those

who have already decided to go but those

who haven't decided yet shouldn't be. That

should be a violation though I do know all

 College Football players are free agents after the regular season is over and coached are

going at will. Of course schools that fire

a coach it is reasonable they have to go

out to get another coach or a coach retires

it goes to the  NFL.  Time to clean up the

sport. 

We will let you know more later more those

who leave or come to both schools. 

WSU Loses To USC In Men's Basketball

I am sure the Trojans didn't want to

s lead to the Cougars as they did tothe Huskies a week earlier. 

Neither the Cougars or the Trojans shot

well from the field although making

threes from the Cougars kept them in

the game. The  Cougars made nine

while the Trojans only one of thirteen

The Cougars made a run in the second 

half to make the game interesting. 

Final USC 68 USC 61

The main difference the Trojans made

27 free throws to the Cougars 10.

The Cougars next game will be Wednesday 

 night at home against Eastern Washington.

Go Cougs. 

Seahawks Beat Colts and Philip Rivers

The last time that Philip Rivers 

played in the NFL was December 

2020. He came out of retirement 

at the age of 44. Under the circum

stances Rivers played a good game.

The Seahawks had a hard time

though did run and pass the ball.

The Seahawks weren't able to

score a touchdown but kicked

six touchdowns to win 18-16. 

The  Colts kicked a field goal first

then the Seahawks in the first 

quarter.  The second quarter 

the Colts kicked another. After 

stopping the Seahawks  Rivers 

threw an eight touchdown pass

making it 13-6. No time left in

the first half Myers kicked his

second field goal making it

13-6.

In the 3rd quarter the Seahawks 

kicked a field goal making it

13-9. In the 4th quarter the 

Seahawks kicked another early 

on to make it 13-12.  Just over

two minutes the Seahawks 

kicked another field goal to

go ahead 15-13.  With 47 seconds 

the Colts kicker kicked a 60 yard

field goal to go back ahead 16-13.

The Seahawks had called two times

outs so the  Colts couldn't run down

the clock. The Seahawks were able

to get into field goal territory so with

18 seconds left Myers kicked a 56

yard field goal.

Philip Rivers had one last chance

however without being able to

throw long he was intercepted

allowing the Seahawks end the 

game. 

The Seahawks now play the LA 

Rams with the winner to take

over the division lead once again 

on Thursday night. Go Hawks!

Gonzaga Wins At Climate Pledge Arena

The Gonzaga Bulldogs continue well

after losing to Michigan. We will have 

to see how they do against other teams

with front line players. 

Saturday night they beat UCLA in

Seattle s8t the Climate Pledge Arena.

We do hope they will serve the Final

Four and the Sonics return to Seattle.

Final Gonzaga 82 UCLA 72

The Zags were led by Graham Ike

with 25 points and Braden Huff 

with 21. Also guard Mario Saint-Supery

had 12.

Both teams shot about the same though 

the Zags made three more. Also they took

and made more shots at the foul line. 

The Zags next game will be this coming

Wednesday against Campbell. 

Washington Huskies Win To End Season

Washington Huskies went ,9-4 on the 

football season against some tough

competition.  Next year it won't be 

much better as they have four Big Ten 

games at home and give on the road.

They will end the season at Eugene 

next season against the Ducks. It

would be an accomplishment if

they have the same record.

Huskies won the game 38-10. The

Broncos scored first with a field 

goal and ended it with a touchdown.

It was all the Huskies from the second

quarter on. Denzel Boston caught the 

first touchdown pass and Jonah Coleman 

ran in the last touchdown in the 4th

quarter. This all makes sense. We know 

Coleman played his last game as Husky.

Boston has one year to go we hope.

The Huskies have had a great talent of

freshman. We have no idea how things

look heading into 2026 however  we 

thank all the Huskies played and coached.

With coaching changes always happening 

and the transfer portal we can see other

players in the midst.  Let you know what

happens between now and spring practice.

Enjoy the Huskies talented men's basketball 

team during basketball season. Go Dawgs!

 Coming up to is what happens with the

Cougars football team and what may go

with the transfer portal and what coaches

may come with new head coach  Kirby 

Moore. The current team has a bowl game

coming up to  face Utah State in the

Amazing Idaho Potato Bowl on December 22.

Go Cougs!

Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Win Easy

The Washington Huskies were expected 

to win Saturday afternoon at home against 

Southern Utah 106-69. Now they can 

relax and see whether the footballers 

can have a good game in the LA Bowl

game against Boise State.

The Huskies had six players score in

double digits lead by Hannes Steinbach 

and Wesley Yates lll with 14 points each.

They allowed some young guys get some 

playing time. 

.

Nikola Dzpina from Serbia made his first

appearance after becoming eligible.

Another talented big man. See how long

he is able to get in. He had five points 

including a three in his second shot. 

He played five minutes. Just got on campus.

The next game for the Huskies will be 

next Friday at Seattle University.

Jorge Polanco Moves On

The Seattle Mariners were hoping to

bring back Jorge Polanco for next 

year or two. News came out Saturday 

he is signing with New York Mets 

for two years at $40 million. 

The structure of the Mariners 

this would not make any sense.

On the Mariners Polanco would 

be the fifth best player at best.

This contract would put him at

number two or three depending 

how you look at especially with 

the per year amount. We wish 

him the best.

Does this mean the Mariners 

sign Eugenio Suarez now. 

Will he play some third base

with dh too. With dh would 

do so against  lefties Canzone

against righties. The Mariners 

wio go in another direction most 

likely. Go Mariners. 

Preview Indianapolis Colts vs Seahawks

The Indianapolis Colts got off

to a good start. This was even

better than the Seahawks. The

Colts have had tough times

including losing their starting 

quarterback.

The Colts have doubt to the

quarterback position this week 

signed retired quarterback 

Philip Rivers to the practice squad.

Rivers hasn't been in a game since

2021 and he is 44 years old which 

in itself makes it hard.

The Seahawks have been planning 

their defense to do whatever they

must against whoever plays QB.

The Colts could start with one and

then go to. The Seahawks plan

begins with going against the offense  

of the Colts. Since this is different 

it won't be easy for the Seahawks 

however they will win  the 

Seahawks are favored by 13.5. 

The Seahawks play their offense first

and keep defense off the field as much

as possible. Another key would be to

cause turnovers and special teams do 

what theirs have all season. Go Hawks.

In other local football news has come 

that Kirby Moore offensive coordinator 

at Missouri will be Washington State

Cougars next head coach. A native of

Prosser Washington and the  brother 

of Kellen Moore head coach at  New 

Orleans. Both were well known while

playing college football before going

into coaching. We wish Kirby success 

and have some good years in Pullman.

Go Cougs!

Preview Washington Huskies vs Boise State

The Washington Huskies take on Boise

State in the LA Bowl this coming Saturday 

at 11:30 am. The Huskies have a record

of 4-2 against the Broncos. The last time 

they played was on September 2,2023 

the year the Huskies went to the National

Championship. Final Huskies 59 BSU 19.

Boise State had a 9-4 record in their

last season in the Mountain West 

Conference and go to the new Pac-12 

Conference next year.

The Huskies are 8.5 favorite however 

the  Broncos could upset them. This

should be an exciting game to watch.

Maddux Madsen a junior is the  Broncos 

starting quarterback. He averaged 228.3

yards a game. He completed 59 percent

of his passes. Maddux had 18 touchdowns 

thrown and seven interceptions.  The

Broncos backup Max Cutforth  got in

some playing time and completed and

threw just under half as many passes. 

He had only three touchdowns thrown

though he played in every game.  Both quarterbacks are not known for running 

the ball. Madsen ran the ball 5.4 times a game however only averaged 1.5 yards per 

carry. Cutforth had a negative average.

The Huskies should take advantage of 

lack of yardage on both of them.

The Broncos have a good running game.

It will put the Huskies good defense against 

the run to a test. Dylan Riley is their top

running back having 1111 yards on the season. He is a averaging 5.90 yards a

carry and has ten touchdowns on the 

ground. The Broncos two backup running backs Sire Gaines and Malik Sherrod

have averaged at least five yards a carry

too. Haines has eight touchdowns while

Sherrod has four.  They have all caught 

touchdowns in the air too.

The Broncos number one wide receiver 

is senior Latrell  Caples with 46 catches 

and three touchdowns. Ben Ford was 

number two in receptions when he was

injured in game seven and missed the

rest of the season. He still led the Broncos 

with five touchdowns. Senior tight end 

Matt Lauter was second with 32 catches

though he is more known for his blocking. 

Sophomore Matt Wagner who will take 

over as number one tight end was six

in catches with 23 and one touchdown.

Chris Marshall and Chase Plenry are 

the number two and three receivers.

After the game let you know what 

 Broncos defensive players had their 

best games. The defensive of the 

Broncos will have to do better against 

the run to have a chance to win. The 

Huskies will have to stop the Broncos 

running game as they have against 

most of the teams this season. The 

Broncos will likely need to cause turnovers 

to win.  Go Dawgs. 

Gonzaga Wins Sunday Night

For the second game in a row

after being blown by Michigan 

the Zags won big themselves 

once again. It was somewhat

close for a little while at the 

start of the game with North

Florida hitting a few 3 point shots

however at the eight minute mark

left in the first half the Zags went 

on a 20-0 run before North Florida 

hit a three. It was clear sailing 

from there on.

Final Gonzaga 109 North Florida 58

The Zags were without their best 

player in Graham Ike who missed 

the game because of his left ankle

Since they were not playing a team

that give them a game they rested

him for precautions. Braden Huff 

led the Zags with 24 points and

the only starter who played over

20 minutes. 

The Zags dominated in rebounding 

and points inside. The difference 

in the game.  The Michigan where 

they were blown out  the Zags have

trouble with teams with good big

men however can dominate those

who do not. 

Gonzaga's next game will be at

the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle 

against the UCLA Bruins this coming

Saturday night. This will be another

good test for the Zags. Go team. 

Seahawks Win Again Plus College Bowl Games

The Seattle Seahawks started off 

slow kicking two field goals in 

the first half. Fortunately so did the 

Atlanta Falcons.

The Seahawks dominated the second 

half so the Seahawks won 37-9. Now 

the Seahawks are 10-3. Still have

to sed how the Rams do.since losing 

to them the Seahawks have won

three straight.

The Seahawks started out with

Rashid Shaheed running the opening

kickoff for one hundred yards to make

it 13-6. About eight minutes later on

the clock Jaxon Smith-Njigba caught 

a 28 yard touchdown pass. With 2:39

remaining in the third Jason Myers 

kicked his third field goal of the game.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter 

the Falcons decided to kick another

field goal with it being 4th and two 

yards to go. Their fans booed the

decision. Can't blame them. It didn't 

take the Seahawks long to get another

touchdown. Shaheed caught a 29

yard pass followed by a 11 yard catch

by Cooper Kupp for a touchdown. The

Falcons fans had to really mad then.

The Falcons did give up an interception 

since they had to throw to get back into

the game.  Jaxon Smith-Njigba had his

second touchdown and the last scoring

of the game.

The Seahawks play the Colts at home

next Sunday. With a win they could

clinch a spot in the playoffs. The Rams

are currently beating the Cardinals at

the end of the first half. The 49ers have

a bye this week. Go Hawks!

Next Saturday the Washington Huskies

will play Boise State in the LA Bowl. It

should be an exciting game.  Go Dawgs 

The Washington State Cougars will play

Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato

Bowl on Monday December 22. Go Cougs

Washington Huskies Men's Comeback Against USC

The Washington Huskies showed what they

are made of and could be a good team

in the Big Ten. 

The Huskies were down by 18 points 

at halftime and made their move in

second half and finally taking over

and won 84-76 at the USC Trojans

who are a good team too.

Hanes Steinbach led the Huskies

with 24 points and 16 rebounds.

This was his his second game back

after missing a few games. Steinbach 

is showing to be one of the top rebounders 

in the Big Ten if not the whole country.

He is always at the right spot. 

Desmond Claude who missed the

Early part of the season was second

leading scorer with 22 points. Claude

who played for USC last season along

with Steinbach were the two main

players who got the Huskies back into

the game and over the hump. Both

made some key 3 pointers. The Trojans 

kept it close down the stretch with a

fre of their own 3 pointers but couldn't 

reestablish the lead. 

The Huskies went with four guards 

much of the second half along with

Steinbach in the middle. With this

talented group we could see more 

of them in the game. Yates added 

16 points. Besides those three we

could see Zoom Diallo and Quimari 

Peterson in the game at the same

time. Peterson who has started a

few games has primarily come off

the bench. 

The Huskies don't play again until

next Saturday. We hope more healthy 

players to face Southern Utah at

home. Go Dawgs!

Mariners Trade Harry Ford To the Nationals

The Winter Meetings starts on Monday

however the Seattle Mariners decided 

go trade one of their top prospects 

to the Washington Nationals for

left handed reliever Jose Ferrer. 

Ferrer is mentioned as a middle reliever

however he did have 11 saves despite 

4.48 era. This could give the Mariners 

another lefty late in the game besides 

Gabe Speier. 

The question now is who will be the

backup catcher. Will they bring back

free agent Mitch Garver or go after 

someone else. Stay tuned for what

may come up. Go M's.

Gonzaga Rebound Over Kentucky

After being blown out by Michigan

on the road by 40 points the question 

would be how they would respond.

Well they beat Kentucky on the road

to by winning 94-59

Keys was the Zags out shot Kentucky 

Wildcats from the field. The Zags made 

20 more shots though only took three

more. Kentucky took almost twice

as many three point shots and made

two less than the Zags. The Zags shot

over fifty percent from the field while

the Wildcats shot at 26.7 percent.

The Zags made about half their points

inside while Wildcats made 18 which

the majority of the difference in the

score. 

Graham Ike led the Zags with 28 points

after having one against Michigan. 

He had ten rebounds as well. Braden 

Huff had 20 points. 

Gonzaga will play Sunday at home

against North Florida. The game

after that will be home against UCLA.

Go Zags!

Preview Seattle Seahawks at Atlanta Falcons

The Seattle Seahawks are favored over

the Atlanta Falcons although playing on

the road where they are 4-2 on the season.

The Seahawks are tied with the Rams  

with 8-3 record. They play each other

on Thursday night in Seattle on December

18. This may put the winner as division champions. Including this game the 

Seahawks have six games remaining 

and unless they totally fall apart they

will be in the playoffs whether beating the

Rams or not. 

The Seahawks have a record of 13-7

over the Falcons including beating 

them in Atlanta last year. Kirk Cousins

will be starting at quarterback after

former Husky quarterback Michael 

Penix Jr. was hurt and out for the season.

The Falcons will be without #1 wide

receiver Drake London and defensive 

lineman  Drandon Dorlus. This will be

an impact on the Falcons. Much like

the Minnesota Vikings last week the

defense is the strength of the Falcons.

The Falcons will likely rely on their

running game. Number one running

back is Bijan Robinson who has 995

yards at this point averaging 5.1 yards

per carry. It will be important that the

Seahawks stop him. Ken Walker lll 

has over 700 yards and 4 touchdowns

while Zach Charbonnet has over 400

yards and eight touchdowns.  Tyler

Allgeier the Falcons back up running

back has 344 yards and eight touchdowns 

so much like Charbonnet of the Seahawks.

This game should come down how

well both teams defense plays and

possibly special teams. Go Hawks!

WSU Loses Football Coach

Jimmy Rogers after only one season 

at Washington State is moving onto

Iowa State where their head coach

Matt Campbell left for Pen State.

Sunday the Cougars will find out 

whst bowl game they will play in.

The interim coach will be defensive 

coordinator Jessie Bobbit who likely

move on after the game and wouldn't 

be a surprise if he ends up at Iowa

State. 

On Thursday backup quarterback Jaxon

Potter announced he was going into

the transfer portal. Zevi Eckhaus will

likely start in his final season in college

for the Cougars. Iowa State has depth 

at quarterback unless one decides to

enter the transfer portal and go to

Penn State. We will learn coming up 

who else might transfer from WSU. 

The Cougars fired their athletic director

recently and has someone who is interim.

Talk is former Oregon State and Michigan

State coach Jonathan Smith who was just

fired could end up with the Cougars. We

have to figure he is a good candidate

for the Cougars job.

Wednesday the Cougars signed 28 

prospects. Now we have to see how

many end up staying or entering the

transfer portal which is a sad thing

all around. Undergraduates do have

right to go elsewhere however in

my opinion they should be able to

transfer to another team in the

same conference for a year. That

wouldn't be for those who have

graduated and still have eligibility. 

We will have to see how many players 

will decide to play in the bowl game.

The Cougars have eight players on

offense that the bowl game will be

their last college game. Most of the

second team are undergraduates so

we could see some of them enter

the transfer portal. They have ten 

defensive players who will be the

last one coming up for them. We

hope some player will decide to

stay at least until after the bowl

game.  Since most of the Cougars

players have been there star when

recruited some may not fit into

Iowa State. Of course this can come

to how many transfer out though

Jimmy Rogers will look elsewhere 

to see who is in the transfer portal.

I am sure will speak to some of the

players on the team too.

We wish him the best at Iowa State.

Go Cougs!

First Day *of Signing Day in College Football

The Washington Huskies and WSU

 Cougars on the first day of signing.

The Huskies ended up 23 players on 

the first day to sign. They ended up

losing one player Dre Pollard who

decided to go to Stanford instead.

So their ranking actually changed 

from 15 to 13 with 27 signings so

far. Who knows maybe they will

have more depending on whether

anyone goes through the transfer 

portal. The Huskies are showing 

they are serious.

Kodi Greene offensive tackle is

the only Husky who is a five stars.

I expect that he will start next season 

for the Huskies. They have only one

other offensive tackle.  Ah Deong Yang

from Puyallup likely play at guard.

Derek Zemmit is the lone quarterback 

in this group. He is three star out of

New Jersey. Derek was pursued by

Alabama as well..Three teams out

of the Big Ten were interested in

him including nearby Rutgers. 

The Huskies have two running backs,

Four wide receivers with three being 

four star recruits which is a good sign.

One tight end  Sam Vyhlidal out of 

Lake Oswego Oregon and is three 

star.

On defense three  defensive lineman

with two being four star. One edge rusher,

two inside linebackers, one safety, four

corners and CJ Wallace at kicker.

Let's see how these all work out.

The Cougars signed 27 players. Most

are three star players. They signed

Hudson Kurland the loan quarterback 

out of Lake Oswego Oregon. Ten offense 

players, three players listed as athletes 

so could be running back, wide receiver 

or defensive back. Signed a long snapper.

So 23 players listed as defensive players 

We wish all these guys well in Pullman.

Go Cougs!

UCLA Beats Washington Huskies On Road

It was an exciting and tough game for 

both teams.

The Huskies got off to a good start 

then the Bruins defense got them

back into the game.  The Bruins

outside shooting got them into 

double digits lead most of the rest

if the way. It looked like they would win 

easy.

The last two minutes the Huskies

got the lead down to where they had 

had a chance to win. Hanes Steinbach 

was back after missing several games.

His offensive rebounding along with

scoring got the Huskies two points down.

Zoom Diallo shot a three pointer but 

missed it to give the Bruins the win.

UCLA 82 Washington 80

Steinbach had 29 points and 10 rebounds

to lead the Huskies.   Zoom Diallo had

19 points while Yates and Peterson had

12..

The Huskies next game will be Saturday 

afternoon at the USC Trojans. Should be 

another good game.  Go Dawgs!

Cougars Lose A Close One On the Road

Being a WSU Cougars student or

fan can be frustrating at times

in sports anyway.

Bradley beat the Cougars 64-0.

Bradley ran off seven straight 

points in the last two minutes 

of the game. Yes the Cougars 

didn't score one point during

that time. Bradley was down

60-57 when they made a 3 point

shot to tie and had four more

points. One a two point shot

and two free throws near the

end.

The game was tight most of the

game. Neither team lead in

double figures. As you can see

the Cougars had a real good chance

but couldn't collect.

The reasons the Cougars were in

the game Bradley took 13 more 

shots and made only one more.

They took ten more free throws

and made only three more. 

The main trouble was the

Cougars had 20 turnovers to

Bradley 7.  Bradley had 23 points 

off turnovers while the  Cougars

4. The Cougars were still in

the game really by Bradley poor

shooting .

The  Cougars next game will be

against Nevada on Sunday.

Go Cougs 

Washington Huskies Football New Recruiting Class

The new freshman class coming in for the 2026 season is 22 commitments. Early signing will be in a few days. The Huskies 

are listed number 15 nationally. One of the

highest rankings they have ever had.

This season the Huskies played several 

players who were either starters or 

second team. We will have to see how

many signed up will be in the same

category next season. The Huskies 

could be one of the youngest teams

with starters or second teamers

again.

The Huskies have one five star recruiter

along with eight four stars. The rest

are three stars. The lone five star is 

offensive lineman Kodi Green out of 

Santa Ana California. He committed 

back in April. There is a pretty good 

chance he will be a starter in 2026.

They have one other offensive lineman 

in Dominic Harris from Las Vegas. Most

likely he will start out as a back up.

We should be hearing soon about players

who will enter the transfer portal. It

would be nice to see players not allowed 

to enter the portal until after their school

is  finished playing in a bowl game. Of

course those who are not playing in a

bowl game should be allowed right away.

Of the eight four star players one is local

in Derek Colman-Brusa an edge rusher. 

The Huskies have four local players 

as three star prospects. 

As far as quarterback they have one

in Derek Zammit a three star prospect

out of New Jersey. There is likely the

Huskies will look to the transfer portal 

for a backup to Demond Williams Jr..

Kai Horton was his backup this year as 

a graduate student and likely how the

Huskies go again.

Of those committed seven are offensive

players. They have a kicker in CJ Wallace 

out of Bellflower California. Dre Pollard

a three star out of Las Vegas is listed

as athlete so he could go either on

offense or defense. 

Look at more of the positions after the

 early signing day. Stay tuned to those

who will transfer out of into the Huskies 

team. Go Dawgs!

Saturday Cougars Beat Beavers in Pullman

The WSU Cougars came back on 

Saturday to beat the Beavers 32-8.

This was after Oregon State beat

them on November 1st. 10-7.

The Cougars had a field goal in

the first quarter followed by another 

one in the second. They had a touchdown 

run just over 11 minutes remaining 

in the first half. A one yard pass just 

under two minutes remaining in the

half 

The Cougars had a five yard run by

quarterback Zevi Eckhaus for the 

only score of the third quarter.  The

extra point was missed.  The Beavers 

finally had a touchdown at 5:49 left

in the game and made a two point 

conversation. It didn't take long

as the Cougars scored again in

40 seconds. 

The Cougars defense did a good 

job as they sacked the Beavers 

quarterback six times.

On Friday the Beavers hired their

next head coach. He is Alabama

Co-ordinator  JaMarcus Shephard.

If his name is familiar he was with

the Huskies when Kalen DeBoer 

was head coach and went to

Alabama with him.

Beating the Beavers the Cougars 

became bowl eligible at 6-6.

So one more game on the season. 

Go Cougs!